Product Manager Interview Questions

Rohan S. - "Honestly, I would’ve loved something like this when I was younger. I couldn’t wait till the day I was 18 so I could start investing and would read personal finance books on random topics. Clarification Questions Kids is a very broad term, is there a specific age range you had in mind or would you want me to determine that myself? > I will assume that this will start off as an application, and then later can be integrated on a"See full answer

Kanishkan V. - "I responded with a project that I was a part of during my capstone class. I described how I used HTML, Python, and PostGRESQL in conjunction to create a functioning website using SCRUM."See full answer

Kevin S. - "The question given is intentionally very open ended. As the key phrases used are "air travel" which can encompass all parts of the journey not just the airport or flight experience & "improve the perception" which doesn't necessarily require fixing the problem (although you'd hope that was part of the conclusion). In addition, the constraints of time (1-year) and resources ($10M) means you must be very prescriptive. As such I think it'd be important to ask the following clarifying questions"See full answer

Vijendar K. - "I'd like to clarify the question here for better understanding. Are we targeting any location? Assuming WW Do we have any demographics of the users? Assuming overall users Did we see any drop recently in TV watching users metrics for which we want to improve the watch time on TVs? No, in general we want to improve this area. Are we looking to improve the overall Netflix watch time on TV, not to acquire new users? Correct. As Netflix is offering content of so many genres of con"See full answer

Kena K. - "Lyft’s mission: To become the world’s best transportation company CQ: · Region: USA · Metrics to improve: Engagement User persona: · Passengers · Drivers Will consider passengers persona for this case. Use case / pain points: Exact pick up location is not visible on the map Not able to communicate exact location to the driver due to unknown location How to change the pick-up location in case passenger has to move around Features: Passenger can share a pictur"See full answer

Cameron P. - " Questions: Deadly diseases: new and current CEO of healthtech startup: adoption phase Mission: to improve and extend lives What we do: Research new diseases and connects people to doctors Structure: Objective -> Macro-Factors -> Company -> Users -> Suggestions Objective: Why? Mission to improve and extend lives How do we inform the world about these 20 deadly diseases we detected? Macro-Factors(climate/competition) World events like pandemics - this is a good investment* "See full answer

Sharad K. - "If I had a fitness product that saw a significant drop-off in users after 3 months, I would focus on several key strategies to improve user retention: 1. Optimize the Onboarding Experience Ensure that new users are guided through a simple, intuitive onboarding flow that helps them quickly experience the core value of the product. Provide personalized recommendations based on their goals and fitness levels. Celebrate milestones and encourage users to make their first few visits. 2."See full answer

Product V. - "Clarifying Questions What is definition of blind - people who cannot see Is this also inclusive of partially blind - No Does this cater people who are blind naturally or got blind due to some illness or accident - Only natural Why do you want to build it - what is the intended goal Improve the smartphone experience Do we expect the users any kind of phone experience when we talk about this device - Yes, basic phone experience with accessibility features "See full answer

Jessie Y. - "Instagram Reels: Instagram's answer to TikTok, Reels allows users to create and share short-form videos within the Instagram app. It leverages Instagram's existing user base and social features. YouTube Shorts: YouTube introduced Shorts as a feature within its platform to enable users to create short, catchy videos. It capitalizes on YouTube's extensive content creator community and viewer base. Snapchat Spotlight: Snapchat's Spotlight feature highlights short-form videos in"See full answer

Jack F. - "The project manager must take care of the risks associated with the particular project. Scrum Master is a team facilitator and serves as a servant leader. The product manager serves as a team leader and is responsible for project performance and ensuring that everything goes according to plan."See full answer

Rolemberg J. - "I faced a problem about components re-rendering's and unnecessary requests API's which was causing performance complications in my applicactions. I had a structure that create, edit and delete task, so GET, POST, PUT and DELETE API's methods request was necessary and bring that to compliance without compromissing the performance is hard. I started involving componentes and async functions into the useMemo's and useEffect's to have more control, another improvement was take be careful with global"See full answer

Parag - "Clarify Retention for which side of the platform - advertisers, groceries/shops, shoppers, users? - Assume Is there any specific event or trend driving retention down or we’re looking in general to overall improve from current state? - Assume Is this tied to any particular geography or region? - Assume Is this tied to any specific persona within our 4 sided platform? - Assume Are we changing the definition of retention (time, frequency, others)? - Assume no Goal - Improve the use"See full answer

Anonymous Porcupine - "Scope Clarification with Interviewer: Is it a standard civil 4-seater helicopter or a Military cargo carrier? Do we wish to calculate the balls in the passenger compartment only or do I consider the gas tank and other spaces in a helicopter? 3.Is the helicopter loaded with seats and passengers or do I assume that there are no seats and passengers/ pilot? Assumptions: The interviewer asked me to make assumptions. Its a standard 4-seater helicopter It is empty but has the standard seat"See full answer

Meet B. - "Allow parents to view ratings of the driver Add children friendliness rating of the driver Focus on routes where we can connect Children to Parents; from child care centre to office or home to office and vice versa Make the experience more children friendly in terms of minor activities like a TV screen with cartoon (default channels as per trend), medical requirements of a child (if any) to be cleared with the driver Double confirmation Panic button for children, communication with chi"See full answer